The relay featured a series of backstage films, including rehearsal footage and interviews with members of the cast and creative team.

If you missed the screening on the night, or just want to find out more about the production, here's another chance to see the films:

An Introduction to Andrea Chénier

'It's a story about real people, real locations in late 18th-century France,' says set designer Robert Jones. 'We begin in a chateaux of a very wealthy aristocratic family cocooned from the outside world. They're surrounded by the finest silver, chandeliers, the finest food and furniture - they're not really aware of what's going on outside; they live in an ivory tower and we're about to see this family fall at the hands of the French Revolution.'

Watch the cast and creative team introduce the opera, and explain why it's a work that they love:

Andrea Chénier Vocal Masterclass with Antonio Pappano

'The qualities of the singer as an actor are exposed [in Andrea Chénier], so I'm constantly working in the rehearsal room to get the singers to fill the silences with their own intensity,' says Antonio Pappano.

'We've been working hard not just to do the music and the melodies, but to make it alive,' says soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek, who sings the role of Maddalena di Coigny.

Watch Pappano work with star singers Jonas Kaufmann and Eva-Maria Westbroek on the musical elements of Giordano's opera:

Designing Andrea Chénier - Bringing the French Revolution to life

'My brief was really simple - not to produce a concept to design but to make it real,' says production designer Jenny Tiramani. 'People have the right layers of dress and the right articles of clothing. These are not fake theatrical versions of historical dress.'

'We're not allowed to cheat, so that means no automatic poppers to make a quick change easier. All the ribbons and buckles are real. If you have the right costume, you act and interact in the style of the period - it helps enormously when you're slipping into another century,' says tenor Jonas Kaufmann who sings the title role.

Watch the cast and creative team offer an insight into what it takes to design costumes for an authentic period production:

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As well as being a star of the silver screen, Grant is also an accomplished theatre actor, appearing in the West End in The Importance of Being Earnest as well as performing various Shakespeare roles at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.

Away from acting, Grant has also written a novel and has directing credits to his name. His musical passions have led him to champion history’s great composers to a general audience – discussing the world’s most iconic pieces in the Sky Arts series ‘Richard E Grant’s Essential Classics’.

The relay featured a series of backstage films, including rehearsal footage and interviews with members of the cast and creative team.

If you missed the screening on the night, or just want to find out more about the production, here's another chance to see the films:

Creating Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

'When Chris said "I'm going to make a ballet out of this", I thought "You're insane, how could you make a ballet of this?!",' says designer Bob Crowley. 'It's a very complicated thing because it involves all sorts of illusions.'

'Sometimes creating a new ballet can be very difficult - a struggle even - but Alice really wasn't,' says Christopher Wheeldon of the ballet which had its premiere in 2011. 'We had a very good time putting it together'

'The Queen of Hearts is a combination of a lot of people - friends and people that I admire. It's an outrageous character that can go anywhere,' says Royal Ballet Principal Zenaida Yanowsky, who created the character in 2011.

'We decided that she'd be like a maniacal toy,' says Christopher Wheeldon.

Watch the cast and creative team discuss one of modern ballet's most memorable characters:

Theproduction, originally from De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam, is given with generous philanthropic support from Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet, The Taylor Family Foundation and The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

To accompany the cinema screening, we have created a digital guide to The Winter’s Tale. The guide, which is updated with new content as the screening approaches, features background information about the production and creative team; a full synopsis; specially selected photos and films; and exclusive articles exploring the story, the music and the choreography of Christopher Wheeldon. We've made a special film with Lauren Cuthbertson for the guide, 'Becoming Hermione'. Buy The Winter's Tale digital guide.

The 2014/15 Live Cinema Season will see a total of 11 Royal Opera House productions relayed to more than 1,500+ cinemas in over 35+ countries. The screenings include seven Royal Opera and four Royal Ballet productions:

Manon, 16 October at 7.15pm
The Royal Ballet
By Kenneth MacMillan
Music: Jules Massenet, orchestrated by Martin Yates

Swan Lake, 17 March at 7.15pm
The Royal Ballet
By Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Music: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny NEW, 1 April at 7.15pm
The Royal Opera
Kurt Weill
Dir: John Fulljames
Cond: Mark Wigglesworth
Cast includes Anne Sofie von Otter, Willard W White and Christine Rice.

La Fille mal gardèe, 5 May at 7.15pm
The Royal Ballet
By Frederick Ashton
Music: Ferdinand Hérold, arranged and orchestrated by John Lanchbery

Ahead of the screening, find out more about the production with our Digital Guide, which allows you to access specially selected films, photos and exclusive articles about the production while on the move.

The Story

When a wicked fairy places a fatal curse on the baby Princess Aurora, King Florestan and his Queen are distraught. However, the good Lilac Fairy promises that Aurora will not die but fall into a sleep of 100 years, a spell that only a prince’s kiss can break. Find out more in our Ballet Essentials article.

The Production

Although The Sleeping Beauty wasn’t an instant hit when it had its premiere at the Mariinsky in 1890, the ballet is now a firm favourite of The Royal Ballet repertory. When the Royal Opera House stopped performances during World War II, it was Oliver Messel’s production of the ballet that was selected to re-open the theatre in 1946. The production performed today retains much of Messel’s original design and is considered to be one of The Royal Ballet’s defining works. Find out more about Oliver Messel’s iconic production.

The version performed at the Royal Opera House today combines Marius Petipa’s classic 19th-century choreography with newly created sections by Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon. Set to a passionate and iconic score by Tchaikovsky, it contains many stand-out moments, from the famous Rose Adagio in Act I, to the divertissements in the final act - a series of fairytale showpieces that feature characters including Little Red Riding Hood and Puss-in-Boots. Find out more about divertissements.